Welcome to the sprint known as contact tracing, the process of reaching potentially exposed people as fast as possible and persuading them to quarantine.The race is key to controlling the pandemic ahead of a vaccine, experts say. But most places across the United States aren’t making public how fast or well they’re running it, leaving…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Monongalia County Health Department is reporting patrons of three downtown Morgantown bars are now infected with COVID-19 and contact tracing is underway.According to a news release from the department, on June 24 large crowds were reported at Baby Squirrels Saloon, Big Times and The Back Door on High Street. Four patrons…
In the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, contact tracing — notification of family, friends, co-workers and others exposed to the newly infected — is key to corralling outbreaks and limiting spread as counties reopen. But while health officials report some success in beefing up the ranks of contact sleuths, there are indications that many infected…
A man carrying a brick is confronted by protesters inside the Capitol Hill Organized Protest in Seattle on June 14. Noah Riffe/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Noah Riffe/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A man carrying a brick is confronted by protesters inside the Capitol Hill Organized Protest in Seattle on June…
(Newser) – As society reopens, health experts say, contact tracing will be key to controlling the spread of the coronavirus. "Without population-level social distancing measures," said one, "then we don't have really another tool to control the threat." Dr. Crystal Watson of Johns Hopkins wants Congress to approve $3.6 billion for contact tracing and related…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…